Hej! I have to admit that I went through an awful lot of battles with technical things to get this post out for you tonight. Not because I don't know how to work things out but because sometimes things just simply don't work how you would like them to. But to the topic of the day! I wondered a long time what I could write to delight you on this lovely Thursday evening. I am terribly tired, returned from a run and even managed to tear myself from the heavenly goodness that is hot shower. So my perfect ending for this September evening is soft, spicy comfort food!

Let's start off by taking into consideration that Ella isn't a chef nor in any professional way an educated food expert. Ella cooks because food is good and Ella also cooks because Ella is the only vegetarian in the family. So I have no idea of how many calories or other stuff the following recipe contains, but I think the most important thing is to know that it's healthy, nutritious and delicious!

One average sized sweet potato contains about 160 kcal worth of energy and you can get 100% of one days required amount of vitamin A from it. It contains loads of vitamin C and B-6, potassium and manganese. There's also quite a lot of fiber in sweet potatoes so it can help with digestion and also has anti-inflammatory benefits! From quinoa and peanut butter we get some protein for our mash.

Because I'm a busy busy busy student who would rather spend all her free time doing something unimportant, I like to prepare one pot foods which are quick and easy. Put all your ingredients into boiling water just so that they are covered under water. Let your stew boil for 15 minutes and then simmer for 5 minutes.

When your stew looks like this, it's ready. You can eat it like this, by all means it's delicious either way, but if you would like to go the extra mile and turn it into a soft mash like Ella, scoop everything into a high speed blender or any other type of machine that does the same job.

When your stew is nicely in the blender, add desired amount of almond milk. If you want your mash to be more soupy, add more almond milk and if you like it mashy, add less. I used about 1/2 dl and I got mash.

What do you like to eat after a long day? Tell us in the comments! It's already 10:39 PM and I am developing a headache. I think I should crawl into bed next to my fluffy cats. I hope you liked this post and if you do try this recipe at home, please let us know what you thought!

Hello everyone! I'm making it real: autumn is here. A few days ago I took a trip into my cellar and carried all my autumn coats and scarves up to my apartment. I put into boxes all my summer dresses and tops and shorts and put those away. The nights are seemingly darker and the chilly wind blows as I go grocery shopping.What else would one miss now than sweet summer?

Well luckily the tastes of summer can be preserved and put into the freezer for later use. This is exactly what my wise mother did, and now whenever I visit her I take with me a jar of blueberries and a bottle of currant juice she made for me. These are also the vital ingredients to this gorgeous smoothie that'll guarantee a quick wake-up and is quick and easy to make!

Our first ingredient in this smoothie is blueberry. Blueberries are packed with vitamins A, B and C, manganese, fibers, flavonoids, magnesium and calcium. It's been scientifically proven that blueberries can lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer!

Mint leaves! I have my very own mint growing on my windowsill from which I take about five or six leaves for one smoothie. Now here's a pro tip: chew mint just whenever to get your mouth to feel like you've only just washed your teeth!

Hola! Last Friday we decided to run from all the noises and stress of living in a tiny Finnish city and head to our cabin in Ähtäri (there's a lovely zoo there too). We both had our small backbags with us and all our belongings fit in them just perfectly. Rain was pit-pattering as we were waiting for our train, which was late (damn you VR). When it finally arrived, there were surprisingly a few other people besides us who wanted to get on the same train. This meant that once the doors opened, everyone crowded the entrance and we were lucky to get seats! Although our backs faced the wrong direction... that was totally my fault because I had no idea which way the train would start moving.

Luckily the sun started shining as we got closer to Etelä-Pohjanmaa. We killed time watching Mulan 2 and the Jungle Book from Viaplay (but it was burdensome because of the horrible internet connection). We just love old Disney movies! We switched trains in Haapamäki and soon we were already in Ähtäri, where our grandmother was waiting for us. She took us to the store and the to our destination: THE CABIN!

Our cabin is owned by my mother's brothers, Janina's dad and our uncle. There's electricity, but no running water. No, there's no toilet inside the cabin, only a shack outside in the woods where you don't have the guts to go alone in the dark. No, there's no wifi. There's nothing there. You have to live like people did in the medieval times. And first and furthermost, you have to make a fire because it's bloody cold in there.

On riemun asia onnistua puusaunan lämmittämisessä!

And here the master of heating up the sauna is boasting in all the very much deserved glory!

On Sunday morning when I went for a swim, the whole surface of the lake was beautifully coated with fog! Everything was gray and it felt, for the first time, that Autumn had finally arrived. (The water was bloody cold!!!)